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1949 Polish speedway season

1949 Polish speedway season
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The 1949 Polish Speedway season was the 1949 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.[1][2]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1949 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held in Leszno on 23 October 1949. It was the fifth running of the Championship.

Result

Pos. Rider Club Points Total
1 Alfred Smoczyk (Unia Leszno) 16 (4,4,4,4)
2 Eugeniusz Zendrowski (Związkowiec Warszawa) 15 (4,3,4,4)
3 Jan Paluch (Polonia-Ogniwo Bytom) 14 (4,4,2,4)
4 Ludwik Rataj (KM-Stal Ostrów Wlkp.) 13 (3,3,4,3)
5 Bonifacy Szpitalniak (KM-Stal Ostrów Wlkp.) 11 (4,1,3,3)
6 Jan Najdrowski (Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz) 10 (3,3,2,2)
7 Paweł Dziura (Polonia-Ogniwo Bytom) 9 (2,2,3,2)
8 Ryszard Morawski (Związkowiec Warszawa) 7 (3,1,N,3)
9 Henryk Woźniak (Unia Leszno) 6 (E,2,N,4)
10 Tadeusz Kołeczek (Tramwajarz-Ogniwo Łódź) 5 (2,3,E,E)
11 Czesław Szałkowski (Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz) 3 (3,E,N,N)
12 Mieczysław Chlebicz (Związkowiec W-wa) 3 (2,1,F,N)
13 Józef Olejniczak (Unia Leszno) 0 (E,E,E,N)

E – retired or mechanical failure • F – fell • N – non-starter

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1949 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the second edition of the Team Polish Championship.[3][4]

In First and Second League, matches were played with part three teams. Teams were made up of 3 riders plus 1 reserve. The event consisted of 9 races. In one day were played three three-cornered matches. For winning a match a team received 3 points, for second place 2 points, and for third 1 point. In every heat scoring was 3–2–1 and 0 if no-completion heat. The drivers with the main squad of a team started in a match 3 times. The quantity of small points was added up.[5]

First League

Pos Team Match Match Pts Heats Pts
1 Unia Leszno 4 12 98
2 KM-Stal Ostrów Wlkp. 4 8.5 82
2 Skra-Związkowiec Warszawa 4 8.5 72
4 Polonia-Ogniwo Bytom 4 8.5 71
5 PKM-Ogniwo Warszawa 4 8 59
6 Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz 4 7.5 62
7 Tramwajarz-Ogniwo Łódź 4 7 67
8 RKM-Budowlani Rybnik 4 7 57
9 MK-Kolejarz Rawicz 4 5 54

Any team was relegated to lower division.

Medalists

Unia Leszno Józef Olejniczak 2.84, Alfred Smoczyk 3.00, Henryk Woźniak 2.08, Wacław Andrzejewski, Juchniak
Stal Ostrów Wlkp. Stefan Maciejewski 2.50, Bonifacy Szpitalniak, Ludwik Rataj, Piotr Poprawa, Marian Rejek
Skra-Związkowiec Warszawa Ryszard Morawski, Jan Kwaśniewski, Eugeniusz Zendrowski 2.58, Jan Filipczak, Jan Wąsikowski

Second League

Pos Team Match Match Pts Heats Pts
1 Polonia-Gwardia Bydgoszcz 4 11 90
2 CTCiM Częstochowa 4 11 84
3 GKM-Związkowiec Gdańsk 4 10 71
4 RTKM-Gwardia Rzeszów 4 9 78
5 Unia Chodzież 4 8 62
6 Unia Poznań 4 6 54
7 Motoklub Rawicz II 3 4 40
8 DKM-Włókniarz Łódź 3 3 26
9 Lechia-Włókniarz Poznań 3 3 26

Event between Rawicz, Łódź and Poznań was cancelled and never replayed.

References

  1. ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1949". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. ^ "1949 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949_Individual_Speedway_Polish_Championship